You've had your mammogram and the doctor has found an abnormality. One treatment option is to undergo a breast biopsy, a procedure in which a piece of the suspicious tissue is removed for further examination and diagnosis.

While a breast biopsy can mean a traditional surgical procedure, it doesn't have to any more. Minimally invasive breast biopsy procedures are now available in Waukegan and Lindenhurst with Mammotome, technology developed by Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

With this technology, radiologists and general surgeons associated with Vista Health can biopsy both soft and hard breast lumps in an outpatient setting. That means the procedure is performed under local anesthesia, with no stitches and virtually no scarring.

To learn more about ultrasound guided stereotactic breast biopsies, call Vista Health’s Diagnostic Imaging Department at 847-360-4190. For more information on x-ray guided stereotactic breast biopsies, call the Vista Surgery Center at 847-356-4700.

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